The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-30
Local and State Notes.


Local and State Notes.
| There are rumors of official changes on the
Bee-line but the division superintendents are
| the only officers likely to be affected.
Receiver McNulta. of the Wabash proper,
says that the road is now making larger net
earnings than at any time in many years.
The trunk lines have stepped upon the Chicago
& ATOMS part-rail- and part water route, with
which it was seriously disturbing freight rates.
The employees on the c., III. e D. have a oele-
bration at Tyner's Grove near Connersville, to-
day. The road will carry employees and their
families free.
John EVAN superintendent of the Indianapo-
lis division of the Bee-line. goes to Hot Springs
to-day for the benefit of his health. He will re-
turn In a short time.
Susan Harlow has brought suit in the Floyd
County Court against the L.. n. A. 81 G. road
for $40, 900 for the killing of her husband near
Monon, few weeks ago.
The surveyors for the permanent line of the
Vincennes & New Albany road reached the city
line of New Albany on Saturday, completing
the survey eastward from Vincennes
The car works still crowded with business.
They are now turning out fifteen cars per day
working $50 cars for the Merchants Despatch
and 500 coal cars for the c., FL. & d. road.
Reuben Wells, formerly master mechanic of
the J., NJ. & l., and later general manager of the
l.. & n. road will take the general superintend-
ency of the Rogers locomotive works on June l.
The Chicago & Indiana coal road will COM
mence ditching their roadway with the Hart
patent ditcher, this morning. It has been used
with much success on the Chicago & Rock
Island.
Now that the general passenger agents have
got their bearings they are pouring forth floods
of special aud excursion rate literature, and at
the present time summer travel promises to be
cheaper than ever.
The Pennsylvania Company is making move
ments in northern Ohio which indicate that it is
about to gather in a couple of roads that will
give it outlet from Pittsburg to the most i'm
portant points on the lake.
An article In Boston paper shows that the
L. ID. & s. people have not abandoned the idea
of extending the road to connection with the
Quincy, Missouri & Pacific, one of the lines
abandoned by the Wabash.
The Wabash and the Indianapolis roads are
making fight against each other tor the live
stock traffic out of East ST. Louis, and the cues
ton is raised whether either of the roads adheres
to tariff in carrying the business.
After his conference with E. A. Ford and the
several assistant general passenger agents, Pres
ident Mckeen of the Vandalla, took his family
on his private car and went up to Lake Maxim
kuckee to spend the Sabbath quietly.
The Decline and the Peoria, Decatur e.
Evansville roads have renewed their traffic
agreement. Since the 4th of April the two
roads have not been working together, owing to
some misunderstanding over division of per-
centages.
The Ohio Falls car works, at Jeffersonvle,
Ind, are increasing their capacity. These works
have secured number of excellent contracts
y,
cial cloud which has lowered over the establish
ment for the past few years.
That when presidents of railroads choose they
can put a stop to petty squabbling between gen.
eral passenger agents is evidenced in the har-
monious relations which have been established
in the last few days between the l.. B. g w. and
the Pennsylvania Company.
The Pennsylvania Company has issued new
map, which the Vandalis, between Indanap-
oils and ST.. Louis only. is shown. the Terre
Haute s. Logansport division being indicated
a foreign road, except between Losansport and
vision of the Vandalia system is looked upon as
being quite an important one.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & DAYTON lines
earned in the third week of May $64. OBJ, in
crease over the corresponding week in 1886 of
$14, Isl; the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago,
$42. l32, an increase this year of $11 600; the
Cairo & Vincennes. $l6 s37, an increase this
year of 81 074; the Wabash & Western, SIG, 225,
an increase this year of $l8, 400.
With tie adjustment of commissions, ticket
agents In this territory manifesting consd
cradle indifference as TO what route travel takes
The impression prevails that this is done to cut
down the receipts of the roads they represent to
such an extent that the payment of commissions
viii be deemed necessity II they expect to
carry even their share of the business.
Leslie Farmer, general passenger agent of the
Erie announces that his road will resume the
sale of ,000-mile tickets at cents per mile.
on June l. The n. Y, p. 81 o. will also follow
suit. and it is expected that General Passenger
Agent Rockwell, of the c., Fl. G D. lines, will
make similar announcement within the next
ten DAYS 1t Is probable that all their comperi- |
tors will. in due time make similar red uctons
mileage tickets.
AS usual, whenever there is departure from
the ordinary methods of doing business, the
indianapolis roads suffer the most as In
the case of the boycott which the Eastern |
lines are making on certain Western roads. The |
travel that should pass through St Louis. both |
east and west bound, is diverted TO Chicago |
roads, the present light business the |
Vandalia demonstrates. From a railroad official |
just from the Pacific slope it is learned that |
there is seldom agent TO be found at San |
Francisco. Los Angeles. or any other California |
point who will advise person coming East. on |
reaching St Louis, to take an Indianapolis line. /